Rajon Rondo will stand in as a color analyst on CSNNE for the first quarter of Monday's game.
csnne.com/blog/celtics-talk/rondo-join-celtic...
csnne.comPosted Mar 26, 2014, 8:15 PM UTC
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csnne.com"That shade of green is fantastic"
"Uhhh Rajon, color analysts don't analyze the colors"
death stare
"Uhhhhh oh wait yes they do"
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I can actually see ronron doing this
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Can somebody please find a stream for CSNNE when the match starts because last time when Bill Simmons was the colour guy there was no CSNNE stream to be found so I among others missed that shit completely.
Speaking of streams what the fuck happened to those VLC streams? Best streams ever.
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I wanted to watch the game Simmons commentated on against the Lakers. But sadly, I was at the game. #FirstWorldProblems
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Much better to not have to heard him IMO. He would just constantly ask Jalen random and quite retarded hypotheticals and never even talk about the game right in fucking front of him. Dude doesnt even play basketball and really doesnt even understand it that well but he talks a big game cuz he knows stats and shit and talks with players
Edit: Looks like i have some built up anger towards him i needed to get out
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I'm not saying the dude doesn't go on random tangents and doesn't get a little too caught up in talking about players, but I'm willing to bet he knows a decent amount more than most about basketball. Just being around it so much and being on a personal level with current and ex-players would sky rocket his knowledge. Not to mention a color commentators job is to fill in the boring action, not talk play by play.
Disclaimer-I did not watch his commentating and am not saying it didn't suck.
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Honestly, i was pretty salty about the game and what he was talking about (I am not actually sure why but it rubbed me the wrong way). But i would agree with what you said. He really knows a lot about what goes on in the organization and behind the scenes kind of stuff. But i think his actually basketball IQ is kinda low which makes me think alot of the things he says is just superficial even though i pretty much watch everything he posts
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It should be a lot easier to find due to the fact that this game is NOT nationally televised. One of the issues with the Simmons telecast is that it was an away game and nationally televised. Therefore you'd have to have direct access to CSNNE to stream it because league pass would "blackout" the game to redirect ESPN. Also it wasn't a home game so sites like Ballstreams didn't target that feed as a priority.
Essentially most of the streams you find online are "redirects" from NBA league pass, and due to the blackout restrictions there were no-active local streams. The good news is that this game is NOT nationally televised and league pass will show both streams so it should be easy to find one for CSNNE. I'll do my best to post one in the Game-thread on Monday :)
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He's referring to a previous game that wasn't nationally televised; separate from the recent ESPN broadcast.
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Can somebody please find a stream for CSNNE when the match starts because last time when Bill Simmons was the colour guy there was no CSNNE stream to be found so I among others missed that shit completely.
He is referring to the Celtics game vs. the Lakers in LA when Bill Simmons was the color announcer. That game WAS nationally televised on ESPN, as well on the local channels CSNNE for Boston and TWC Sportsnet for the Lakers. I was just explaining the reasons for the lack of a stream and why this time will be different.
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I think there was a previous game where Simmons commentated, broadcasted exclusively to CSNNE. I forget who they played.
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smart comment. I too came to the game thread and just found utter disappointment with the lack of stream.
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Rondo's cool and all, but I want someone insane to be a color analyst. Like KG or MWP. Or maybe booz screaming into the mic as loud as he can.
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I honestly would dish out an extra $5-10 a month on league pass if there was an "on the court" audio option where we could hear the players and coaches.
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even if it was just Booz, it would still be worth the money
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you can wire me the funds directly http://www.soundboard.com/sb/BoozeCruise
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I feel like someone as cerebral as Rondo would be a great color guy. Especially since he has intimate knowledge of the Celtics' play book.
But you're right. Booz yelling "and 1" after every foul would get me so hyped.
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MWP as a colour analyst would be hilarious.
PLEASE NETWORK GODS LET THIS HAPPEN.
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Metta World News
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A podcast of MWP just discussing random world events is too perfect to exist yet. We are not ready. Yet.
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It's actually a Key and Peele sketch. He plays himself.
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Rasheed Wallace
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BALL DON'T LIE FOLKS
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Wonder how many times he could get T'ed up as a commentator.
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Too many :P
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Evan Turner
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Can't wait to see him butt into the visiting team's commentators' conversation
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So instead of playing hes going to commentate? Is he injured again? Advanced tanking technique? Precaution against further injury? Im confused
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He doesn't play in both games of a back-to-back and this will be on the second night, aka advanced tanking.
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Advanced? Your star player doing another job within the organization at game-time? This is some next level tanking!
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*aggressive rebuilding
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He's resting the second night of a back-to-back.
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I like it. Have you seen what happened to Derrick Rose.
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No, what happened?
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Heard he returned.
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He didn't actually - he just #TheReturned.
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I've never seen a rondo interview so I don't know what his voice sounds like. I really hope he is one of those guys whos body doesn't match the voice. And has a high pitched voice.
Like Tim Duncan
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His voice matches him but he's actually a pretty country sounding dude.
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Thats the Kentucky in him coming out.
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somewhat unrelated, but i was listening to an interview with randy moss today, and man does he have a strong accent. thats a true country boy
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Rendy Mawse, you mean?
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I'm a Bulls fan, but I think I'm going to watch the Celtics feed just for this.
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WHAAATTT. He is like the last player I would expect lol.
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Wait is he hurt? Why isn't he like, playing?
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He hasn't been playing on the 2nd night of back-to-backs all season.
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Thanks
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They made it seem like it might just be one quarter on the Celtics broadcast today. I think they said "for one quarter at least, maybe more".
It's still cool, but I hope he stays for the whole game.
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Does anyone have any way to watch the Bill Simmon's Laker's game? I can't find it anywhere. Is it available on League Pass for out-of-market people?
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Yay!
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Probably going to be a pretty boring analysis to be honest.
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Jeez, it's 2014. Can we at least call him a "black" analyst?
Just when you thought racism has calmed down. Ppl nowadays man.
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